Investigation of human's emotional responses on colors

Color Research and Application

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 411-417

  Gao, Xiao Ping ^a   Xin, John H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Color emotion; Color perception; Psychology

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; CORRELATION METHODS; GRAPHIC METHODS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

COLOR EMOTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; EMOTIONAL RESPONSE;

COLOR;

EID: 33748306317     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: 15206378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/col.20246     Document Type: Article

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